Keg-spout.



W. A. ALKIRB. KBG- SPOUT.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 19, 1909.

9966,41 3 Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

619i lumaca @theme11 WIIiLIAlVI A. ALKIRE, OF LINTON, INDIANA.

KEG-SPOUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed March 19, 1909. Serial No. 484,449.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM A. ALKIRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Linton, in the county of Greene and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Keg-Spouts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to keg spouts, the object of the invention being to provide a spout particularly designed for use 0n powder kegs to provide for easy access to the powder while at the same time enabling the miner to comply with the laws and reguations relating to the tapping of powder egs. I

The spout contemplated in this invention is designed to protect the powder and render the keg moisture proof adjacent to the spout, the spout also acting as a safe-guard for the contents of the keg and preventing the communication of flame or burning gases thereto.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a spout embodying the present invention, showing the same applied to a keg the wall of which is shown in section. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the spout, showing the same applied to a keg. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the spout detached from the keg. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the main body of the spout. Fig. 5 is an end view of the spout with the cap removed. Fig. 6 is a cross section through the spout taken about centrally thereof.

The spout comprises a main inner member or body 1 which is in the form of a cylindrical tube open at both ends, the outer end thereof being adapted to be closed by a flange cap 2 adapted to fit over the end of the body of the spout, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The main body 1 of the spout is provided at its inner end and at one side with a fixed radially projecting linger 3 designed to pass through the hole in the keg and engage against the inner surface of the keg wall indicated at 4, as shown in Fig. 2. Diametrically opposite the fixed finger 3 is a movable finger 5 which is formed on the lower end of a stem or rock shaft 6 which extends lengthwise within the spout l and along the inner wall thereof as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and is journaled in suitable bearings 7 secured in any convenient manner to the inner wall of the spout. Atjts upper end the stem or shaft 6 is provided with a finger lever 8 by means of which the movable finger 5 may be swung from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig. 2 for the purpose of fastening the spout to the keg.

Extending around the body 1 is a wedging or clamping sleeve 9 having a plurality of wedge faces 10 which coperate with the pair of diametrically opposite lugs 11 on the body 1 of the spout. The sleeve 9 is provided at one side with an operating knob or thumb piece 12 by means of which said sleeve is adapted to be turned upon and around the body of the spout so as to effect a coperation between the wedge faces 10 and the lugs 11 above referred to. At its bottom edge the sleeve 9 is provided with a circumferential flange 13 between which and the wall 4 of the keg there is inserted a packing 14 of rubber or other exible material. It will now be seen that after engaging the spout with the keg by means of the xed and movable ngers 3 and 5 as shown in Fig. 2, the sleeve 9 is turned by means of the knob or thumb piece 12 thereby effecting a coperation between the wedge faces 10 and the lugs 11 which has the effect of crowding the flange 13 downward against the gasket 14 jamming said gasket between the said 'flange and the keg and thereby obtaining a moisture proof joint between the spout and the keg. In order to pour powder from the keg, it is only necessary to remove the cap 2. When a keg has been emptied, the spout may be easily detached therefrom and as quickly applied to another powder keg or like receptacle.

The spout hereinabove described not only conforms to the laws governing the use of powder kegs but also eii'ects a material saving in time to the miner and keeps the contents of the keg in a good dry condition.

I claim 1. A spout for the purpose set forthcomprising a tubular body open at both ends and provided at its inner end with a fixed nger and a movable finger, a rock shaft connected with said movable finger and arranged within the tubular body of the spout and adapted to be turned to swing said finger inward and outward, diametrically opposite lugs on said body, a clamping sleeve encircling the body between said lugs and the inner end thereof and provided with a iange at its inner end and also provided with a plurality of wedging surfaces adapted to coperate with the lugs on the body of the spout, and a removable cap for said spout.

2. A spout for the purpose set ortli comprising a tubular body open at both ends and provided at diametrically opposite sides with wedging lugs, lingers located at the inner end of said body, one of which is pivotally mounted to adapt it to be moved into and out of engagement with the inner Wall of the receptacle to which the spout is detaehably connected, means within the tubular body for turning said movable finger, a clamping sleeve surrounding the tubular body and provided with wedging faces adapted to coperate with the wedging lugs of the body to crowd said sleeve inward toward the body of the receptacle', a circumferential flange at the inner end of said sleeve, and a gasket ada ted to be confined between said flange anc the body of the receptacle, said gasket encircling the tubular body of the spout.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. Y

l/VILLIAM A. ALKIRE.

lVitnesses VM. KLUsMEIER, GERTRUDE HAND. 

